Güer Aike Department is a department in Santa Cruz Province,

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. It has a population of 113,267 and an area of 33,841 km². The seat of the department is in

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which also has the majority of the population with 97,742. Veintiocho de Noviembre has the next largest population with 6,145 inhabitants. The name means 'large camp' in the ''aonikenk'' (or 'tehuelche') language of southern

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Settlements

* El Turbio * Julia Dufour * Mina 3 *

* Río Turbio * Rospentek * Veintiocho de Noviembre * Güer Aike *

Camusu Aike Camusu Aike is an indigenous community settlement in the Güer Aike Department of the Santa Cruz Province in southern Argentina. Its inhabitants are members of the Aonikenk (Tehuelche) people. Camusu Aike was the first state-recognized Aonikenk ...

References

*Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos,

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Departments of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina {{SantaCruzAR-geo-stub